Panama Leaks: SC observes it is being swamped with requests everyday

A larger bench of the Supreme Court resumed hearing of the Panama Leaks case on Thursday.

During the hearing, Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali said that every day the were receiving six to 10 requests. “If we begin hearing each request the real case will be left aside.”

To this advocate Tariq Asad said that he had filed the first request in April.

The Chief Justice remarked that Asad had asked that the case be sent to National Accountability Bureau and Federal Investigative Agency.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s lawyer Hamid Khan said that the Prime Minister’s name had appeared in the Panama Leaks and the apex court should analyse three of the speeches he made regarding the allegations.

PM submits reply in court

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif submitted his reply in the Supreme Court where he said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s proofs were based on lies.

Imran Khan has not come up with solid evidence, the reply stated.

On Wednesday, the children of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif submitted a petition in the Supreme Court against documents submitted by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the Panama Leaks case.

The petition submitted by Maryam, Hasan and Hussain Nawaz states that the 683 pages submitted by the PTI were just pieces of paper and did not have any legal standing.

The petition was submitted by Advocate Akram Sheikh on behalf of the prime minister’s children.

In the last hearing, Justice Azmat Saeed said documents submitted by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had no relevance with the case. “The documents also include newspaper clippings. The petitioner himself has buried the truth,” Justice Azmat remarked.

The court maintained that one side had submitted 700 pages while the other had submitted 1600 pages. “We are not a computer that we scan the documents in a minute,” Justice Azmat Saeed said.